THE CHINA MAIL, NOVÉMBER 8, 1938.
WORLD TENNIS RANKINGS ANALYSED
John Bromwich's Placing: W. Myer's Prejudice
MLLE. JEDRZEJOWSKA ALSO
PRESENTED PROBLEM
(By AIR MAIL)
AFTER the United States lawn tennis champion- ships, it is the practice of several recognised national authorities on the game to announce their rankings of the world's leading 10 men and women players. Five of these lists have been published-- three by British experts, one by a Frenchman, and one by an Australian.
An analysis has been made of these lists, and an average hás been struck which represents a consensus of opinion. The rankings in this consensus are:-
MEN: 1, J. D. Budge; 2, J. Bromwich; 3, H. W. Austin; 4, R. L. Riggs; 5, A. K. Quist; 6, C. G. Mako; 7, F. Puncec; 8, R. Menzel; 9, S. B. Wood; 10, H. Henkel.
WOMEN: 1, Mrs. Helen Wills Moody; 2, Miss A. Marble;
3, Mrs. H. Sperling; 4, Miss H. Jacobs; -5, Mrs. S. P. Fabyan; 6, Mme. R. Mathieu; 7, Mlle. J. Jedrzejowska; 8, Miss N. Wynne; 9, Miss D. M. Bundy; 10, Miss M. Lumb.
The five authorities are: Mr. A. Wallis Myers, of the London "Daily Telegraph," and editor of
'Ayres' Lawn Tennis Almanack,"
"The Times" (London); M. Pierre Gillou, president of the French Lawn Tennis Federation; Sir F. Gordon Lowe, of "The Scotsman,"
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“REVIEWER'S" SPORTS COMMENTARY
Arsenal's Five Stars For International
AN extraordinary situation develop-
ed at home recently when Arsenal F. C. refused permission to Cumner, their outside left, to play for Wales against England at Cardiff.
their
Arsenal informed Mr. Ted Robbins, the Welsh F. A. secretary, that they would be prepared to release of players for the match, but, according to Mr. Allison, they never expected be-that Cumner, who has made a rapid rise in professional football, would be considered.
J. Yamagishi, E. M. Grant, and J. Hunt are included in only one list each, and are, therefore, auto- matically excluded from the sum-] marised list. H. Henkel, omitted from two lists, automatically goes into tenth place, and S. B. Wood, omitted from one list, into ninth
and editor of "Lowe's Lawn Ten-Wynne, the runner-up, confirms a place. To determine the positions nis Annual;" and Dr. G. E. Mc- Elhone, commentator for the belief that he disregarded the Aus-of the other eight, each player's "Sydney Morning Herald." Tables tralian results. Yet Mrs. Miller position in each list is added
published below show the rank- ings of these authorities.
RANKINGS FOR MEN
up-
to-
must have mainly secured a plac-gether, and the ranking is deter- ing in his list because of her suc-mined in order from lowest
ward. Thus, Budge, No. 1 in each cess in the South African cham-
list, has a total of five; Bromwich Should not the two
has a total of 11; Austin a total of Dominion championships be of at 16; Riggs a total of 18; and so on in the order shown in M. Pierre Sir F. Gordon
the summarised rank- Gillour
Lowe
ing. ("The
Thirteen men players are men-pionship. tioned in the five rankings, which are:-
Mr. A. Wallis Meyers,
Ranking "D. Telegraph'
(President,
French L.T.A.)| Scotsman").
Wills Moody. Wills Moody.
"The Times" (London).
(Lond.).
1
Wills Moody.
Wills Moody.
Jacobs.
Marble.
Sperling.
Marble.
Jacobs.
Marble.
Sperling.
Sperling.
Jacobs,
Mathieu..
Fabyan.
Fabyan.
Jedrzejowska.
Mathieu.
Fabyan.
Wynne.
Bundy.
Miller.
Bundy.
Mathieu.
9
Stammers.
Lumb.
Wynne.
10
Wynne.
Jedrzejowska, Lumb.
Marble..
Sperling.
Jacobs.
Fabyan.
Jedrzejowska. Mathieu.
Dr. G. H. McElhone (“S.M. Herald")
Wills Moody.
Marble.
Sperling.
Jacobs.
Jedrzejowska.
Wynne.
Fabyan.
Bundy. Mathieu.
.
Mr. Allison made. the following statement on the position:-
"For the two teams, England and Wales, five players have been select- ed. Nobody, more than, Arsenal ap- preciate the compliment paid to our players, but with regard to the three Welsh boys, I naturally expected that Bryn and Leslie Jones would be chosen.
"I had no idea' that the Welsh se- lectors would presume to put Cum- ner in their team without specifically asking me if it was agreeable Arsenal.
1
to
"I had a letter from Ted Robbins two or three weeks ago asking me if Arsenal's Welsh players were se- lected, would, we agree to release them, suggesting that a reply about seven days before the match would be in good time.
"I replied, pointing out that it was difficult for me to give any definite decision in view of the fact that there
that was every possibility England would also want some of our players.
had expected that if the Welsh selectora were to consider any other Welsh players apart from the two Joneses, who have had international honours before, that they would have communicated with me again, I have heard nothing whatever from them.
"The first intimation I had that Cumner was to be considered was when I heard that they had selected him to play against England.
"It is not so much that I deplore the
(Cumner
The authorities are almost agreed on the first four, though Mr.
apparently choosing of Cumner, as the fact that Myers
he is merely a youth of 19, and is still favours his countryman too young in experience to be tested Austin at the expense in the international class. of Bromwich and Riggs, was subsequently released and played His inclusion of Yama-for Wales, who beat England by 4 goals to 2.). gishi is also hard to understand, despite Miss Bundy the Japanese player's defeat of five lists, Mrs. Heine Miller, of certainly had a better later record Bromwich at Montreal. Dr. McEl-
Wynne.
Lumb. Bundy,
Jedrzejowska. Stammers.
Twelve players are named in the least equal merit?
South Africa, appears in only one; and Miss K. Stammers in two, and
hone has apparently over-estimated than Mrs. Miller, and it seems pre-the value of Grant's performances.
Sir Gordon Lowe seems to
on
are automatically excluded from judice on Mr. Myers's part that Mrs. the first 10, Miss Lumb, omitted Miller and Miss Stammers were from two lists, and Miss Bundy, preferred to her and Miss Wynne. omitted from one, take tenth and
The experts are also divided The ninth places respectively. other eight players appear in all Mlle. Jedrzejowska, who was gen- lists, and are graded according to
erally regarded as No. 2 player last the method previously explained.
year She is tenth in two of the 1938 lists, sixth in another two, and fifth in the other.
little
MR. MYERS'S PREJUDICE
Mr. Myers indicated, in his rank- ing of the men, that he had taken notice of the Australian championships, as Brom- wich's second to Budge, backed by later-per- formances, seemed fair- ly to entitle him to se- cond position in prefer- ence to Austin, as the other four authorities believed.
Mr. Myers's omission of Miss Bundy, the Aus tralian champion, and his tenth placing of Miss
have
British Rugby Team Home
FTER the most successful tour since 1896, the British Rugby team returned from South Africa to be given full marks to Puncec, the Yu-welcomed at Waterloo by Cmdr. B. F. goslavian, in placing him so high Coopper, secretary of the Rugby in his list and above Quist.
Union, Mr. James Baxter, chairman of the Tours Committee, and Mr. F. J. du Toit, South African representative on the R.U. Committee.
“QUEEN OF THE COURTS”
Although many players were injur- The same procedure has beened, the team won 17 of their 24 the adopted with the women's ranking.matches and scored 414 points,
highest aggregate put together by a Mrs. Wills Moody is undisputed British side touring in South Africa.
ac- "The tour of happy memories," was. "Queen of the 1988 Courts," cording to the experts, but they the way Major B. C. Hartley, the honorary manager. of the British team, are divided on the bestowal of sec-described the venture. He summed up [ond, place, which three give to Miss the play in the Test matches as a Marble, one to Miss Jacobs, and magnificent example to the world, and The five lists are separately in-one to Mra, Sperling. The rankings added that the open play was a land
ciated by spectators and players enthu-are:-
was wonderfully clean.
teresting to lawn tennis
Mr. A. Wallis Meyers, "The Times" Ranking "D. Telegraph" (London).
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10
Riggs... Wood. Quist.
M. Pierre
Gillour (President, French LT.A.)
Budge. Bromwich.
:
Sir F. Gordon.
Lowe ("The Scotsman”). Budge. Bromwich. Austin.
Dr. G. H. McElhone ("S.M. Herald")
Budgo. Bromwich.
1
(Lond.),
Budge.
Austin. Bromwich.
Budge. Bromwich.
Riggs.
Austin. Riggs. Quist. Puncec.
Riggs.
Austin.
Riggs.
Austin.
Punces.
Quist.
Mako.
Quist
Mako,
Menzel, Yamagishi. Mako.
Puncec,
"Menzel: Mako. Wood. Henkel,
*Wood:
Henkel,
Menzel.
J. Hunt.
Mako.
Puncec.
Menzel.
Wood.
Grant
Menzel.
Henkel.
Quist.
Puricec.
Bcrum A difference of opinion on formation between the manager and the captain, Sam Walker, left both of them satisfied with their opinions. The South Africans packed 3-4-1 and were big, fast and could handle like three-quarters. So successful were they, said Walker, that the formation was adopted by the British team, and it was obvious that more consideration would have to be given to the forma- tion over here..
Major Hartley's opinion was that, provided the two wing forwards shov- ed, the 8- -8 was the better of the two.
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